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Ohio State Buckeyes football
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Ohio State has played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio since 1922. Football was introduced to the university by George Cole and Alexander S. Lilley in 1890, Ohio State was a football independent from 1890 to 1901 before joining the Ohio Athletic Conference as a charter member in 1902. The Buckeyes won two conference championships while members of the OAC and in 1912 became members of the Big Ten Conference, Ohio State won their first national championship in 1942 under head coach Paul Brown. Following World War II, Ohio State saw sparse success on the field with three separate coaches and in 1951 hired Woody Hayes to coach the team. Under Hayes, Ohio State won over 200 total games,13 Big Ten championships and five national championships, following Hayes dismissal in 1978, Earle Bruce and later John Cooper coached the team to a combined seven conference championships between them. Jim Tressel was hired as coach in 2001 and led Ohio State to its seventh national championship in 2002 with a win in the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State won seven Big Ten championships under Tressel and appeared in eight Bowl Championship Series games, on November 28,2011, two-time National Championship winning coach and Ohio native Urban Meyer became head coach. Meyer led his team to five championships in his first five seasons as well as a school record 24 straight victories. He led OSU to both the Big Ten and the first College Football Playoff National Championship of its kind in the 2014 season, giving Meyer his third title overall. In the spring of 1890, George Cole, an undergraduate, the Buckeyes first game, played on May 3,1890, at Delaware, Ohio, against Ohio Wesleyan University, was a victory. OSUs first home game took place at 2,30 p. m. on November 1,1890, the Ohio State University played the University of Wooster on this site, which was then called Recreation Park. Just east of historic German Village, the park occupied the side of Schiller between Ebner and Jaeger in what is now Schumacher Place. The weather was perfect, and the crowd cheered loudly, nonetheless, OSU lost to Wooster, 64–0. Wooster, physically fit for the game, showed OSU that training is critical to winning, thus, the tradition of training continues. Over the next eight years, under a number of coaches, the played to a cumulative record of 31 wins,39 losses. The first game against the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, was a 34–0 loss in 1897, a year that saw the low point in Buckeye football history with a 1–7–1 record. Jack Ryder was Ohio States first paid coach, earning $150 per season, in 1899 the university hired John Eckstorm to bring professional coaching skills to the program and immediately went undefeated. In 1901, however, center John Segrist was fatally injured in a game against Western Reserve University, although the schools athletic board let the team decide its future, Eckstorm resigned

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Ohio Athletic Conference
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The Ohio Athletic Conference was formed in 1902 and is the third oldest athletic conference in the United States. Its current commissioner is Tim Gleason, the Ohio Athletic Conference competes in the NCAAs Division III. Through the years,31 schools have been members of the OAC, the enrollments of the current ten member institutions range from around 1,000 to 4,500. Member teams are located in Ohio, the OAC currently has 10 members

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Perry Hale
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Perry Titus Wells Hale was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University was selected to the 1900 College Football All-America Team as a fullback, Hale also played professionally for the 1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team. That season he coached the Phillips Exeter Academy football team. Hale then served as the head football coach at Ohio State University from 1902–1903. After his football career, Hale was the manager for Middletown. He was arrested in May 1910 for misapplying city funds, Hale stated that the $5,000 shortfall was due to an accounting error. A subsequent investigation found the charges to be groundless and he died of heart disease in 1948. He had been blinded as a result of an explosion in 1913, in 1923 he was elected tax collector for Portland, CT and held that position until his death in 1948

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Ohio Field
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Ohio Field was a multipurpose stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It was built in 1898, dedicated in 1908, and served as the first on-campus home of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team as well as the track, initial seating capacity was approximately 500 until 1907, when a grandstand and bleachers were added. Another renovation in 1910 saw a second grandstand added, with such as brick ticket booths and iron fences. While playing at Ohio Field, the Buckeyes joined the Big Ten Conference, then known as the Western Conference, the football team rose to prominence after the arrival of Chic Harley in 1916, who led the team to their first conference championships in 1916 and 1917. The teams success and the popularity of Harley led to a significant increase in the demand for tickets, in 1919,20,000 fans attended the game against Illinois, with an estimated 40,000 watching from the stadiums perimeter, including from the roofs of neighboring homes. The increased popularity of Ohio State football necessitated construction of a larger stadium, land was purchased by the university in 1919 along the Olentangy River and a fundraising drive was started. Ohio Stadium opened in 1922, with a seating capacity of approximately 63,000. After the opening of Ohio Stadium, Ohio Field was torn down and it was located on North High Street, between 17th and Woodruff Avenues. Presently, the space is occupied by Arps Hall, Ramseyer Hall and a parking garage

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American football
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The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, or else they turn over the football to the opposing team, if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the teams end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponents goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins, American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6,1869, during the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States, Professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. As of 2012, nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, in the United States, American football is referred to as football. The term football was established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season. The terms gridiron or American football are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, American football evolved from the sports of association football and rugby football. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6,1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams, the game was played between two teams of 25 players each and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried. It could, however, be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, Rutgers won the game 6 goals to 4. Collegiate play continued for years in which matches were played using the rules of the host school. Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers met on October 19,1873 to create a set of rules for all schools to adhere to. Teams were set at 20 players each, and fields of 400 by 250 feet were specified, Harvard abstained from the conference, as they favored a rugby-style game that allowed running with the ball. An 1875 Harvard-Yale game played under rugby-style rules was observed by two impressed Princeton athletes and these players introduced the sport to Princeton, a feat the Professional Football Researchers Association compared to selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia then agreed to play using a form of rugby union rules with a modified scoring system. These schools formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, although Yale did not join until 1879, the introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position, however, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records, each team held the ball, gaining no ground, for an entire half, resulting in a 0-0 tie

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Ohio State University
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The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a large, primarily residential, public university in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, Hayes, and in 1878 the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to The Ohio State University. It has since grown into the third-largest university campus in the United States, along with its main campus in Columbus, Ohio State also operates a regional campus system with regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster. Ohio State athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Ohio State Buckeyes, athletes from Ohio State have won 100 Olympic medals. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference for the majority of sports, the Ohio State mens ice hockey program competes in the Big Ten Conference, while its womens hockey program competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. In addition, the OSU mens volleyball team is a member of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, OSU is one of only 14 universities that plays Division I FBS football and Division I ice hockey. As of August 2015, the university had awarded a total of 714,512 degrees, alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment. Championed by the Republican stalwart Governor Rutherford B, Hayes, the Ohio State University was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act of 1862 as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. The school was originally within a community on the northern edge of Columbus. The university opened its doors to 24 students on September 17,1873, in 1878, the first class of six men graduated. The first woman graduated the following year, also in 1878, in light of its expanded focus, the Ohio legislature changed the name to the now-familiar The Ohio State University, with The as part of its official name. Ohio State began accepting students in the 1880s, and in 1891. It would later acquire colleges of medicine, dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, commerce, in 1916, Ohio State was elected into membership in the Association of American Universities. Michael V. Drake, former chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, in an attack against the campus on November 28,2016, an unrelated fluorine leak was called in for Watts Hall, resulting in the evacuation of the building to an outside courtyard. As firetrucks began to depart, Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove into the crowd, then emerged, the attack was stopped in under two minutes by OSU Police Officer Alan Horujko, who witnessed the attack after responding to the reported gas leak, and who shot and killed Artan. The universitys Buckeye Alert system was triggered and the campus was placed on lockdown, Ten were transported to local hospitals and one suspect was killed according to multiple sources. Local law enforcement and the FBI launched an investigation, according to authorities, Artan was inspired by terrorist propaganda from the Islamic State and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Ohio States 1, 764-acre main campus is about 2.5 miles north of the citys downtown, the historical center of campus is the Oval, quad of about 11 acres

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Otterbein University
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Otterbein University is a small, highly residential, private, four-year liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio, United States. It offers 74 majors and 44 minors as well as eight graduate programs, featured programs include engineering, business management, education, and music, as well as programs and pre-professional advising that prepare students for study in law and medicine. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as a result of a division and two mergers involving the church, the university has since 1968 been associated with the United Methodist Church. The university is named for United Brethren founder the Rev. Philip William Otterbein, in 2010, its name reverted from Otterbein College to Otterbein University to reflect the increasing array of graduate and undergraduate programs offered. It is primarily an undergraduate institution with approximately 2,300 undergraduate and 450 graduate students on the campus, Otterbein has over 100 student organizations and a popular Greek presence. The schools mascot is Cardy the Cardinal and the school is a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference in Division III athletics, Otterbein University was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. As a result of a division and two mergers involving the Church, the university has since 1968 been associated with the United Methodist Church, the University is named for United Brethren founder the Rev. Philip William Otterbein. The Otterbein campus is located in Westerville, Ohio and it sits between Alum Creek on the west and State Street on the east. West Home Street, which runs through the center of campus, is the address of most of the homes and student residence halls. The north end of the campus is home to most underclassman housing, overall, the Campus occupies 140 acres Towers Hall is the oldest building on campus and is designated as a national landmark. Towers Hall is a 55,619 square foot structure that was opened in 1871, a gallery of portraits of former Otterbein presidents is located on the second floor. Towers Hall houses the Departments of English, History and Political Science, Religion and Philosophy, Foreign Language, Sociology, the Frank Museum of Art houses Otterbeins collection of art from Africa, Japan and New Guinea. The museum is located in the former Church House of Lillian Frank, upon her death, the structure was given for the purpose of creating a museum for the Universitys collection. The building was built in 1877, opened as a museum in the winter 2004. The Rike Recreation Center is a complex containing a varsity basketball court, an in-door track and practice courts, a weight room. The complex also includes outdoor softball, baseball and soccer fields, the complex was completed in 1975 and has 72,500 square feet. The domed roof encloses an intercollegiate hardwood basketball floor with seating for 3,100, memorial Stadium is Otterbeins football stadium. The stadium contains state-of-the-art locker rooms, a room and an equipment room

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Columbus, Ohio
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Columbus is the capital and largest city of the U. S. state of Ohio. It is the 15th-largest city in the United States, with a population of 850,106 as of 2015 estimates and this makes Columbus the fourth-most populous state capital in the United States, and the third-largest city in the Midwestern United States. It is the city of the Columbus, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area. With a population of 2,021,632, it is Ohios third-largest metropolitan area, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County. The city proper has also expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County, named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. As of 2013, the city has the headquarters of five corporations in the U. S, fortune 500, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, American Electric Power, L Brands, Big Lots, and Cardinal Health. In 2012, Columbus was ranked in BusinessWeeks 50 best cities in America. In 2013, Forbes gave Columbus an A rating as one of the top cities for business in the U. S. and later that included the city on its list of Best Places for Business. Columbus was also ranked as the No.1 up-and-coming tech city in the nation by Forbes in 2008, and the city was ranked a top-ten city by Relocate America in 2010. In 2007, fDi Magazine ranked the city no.3 in the U. S. for cities of the future, and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was rated no.1 in 2009 by USA Travel Guide. The area including modern-day Columbus once comprised the Ohio Country, under the control of the French colonial empire through the Viceroyalty of New France from 1663 until 1763. In the 18th century, European traders flocked to the area, the area found itself frequently caught between warring factions, including American Indian and European interests. In the 1740s, Pennsylvania traders overran the territory until the French forcibly evicted them, in the early 1750s, the Ohio Company sent George Washington to the Ohio Country to survey. Fighting for control of the territory in the French and Indian War became part of the international Seven Years War, during this period, the region routinely suffered turmoil, massacres, and battles. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ceded the Ohio Country to the British Empire, after the American Revolution, the Ohio Country became part of the Virginia Military District, under the control of the United States. Colonists from the East Coast moved in, but rather finding a empty frontier, they encountered people of the Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Shawnee. The tribes resisted expansion by the fledgling United States, leading to years of bitter conflict, the decisive Battle of Fallen Timbers resulted in the Treaty of Greenville, which finally opened the way for new settlements. By 1797, a surveyor from Virginia named Lucas Sullivant had founded a permanent settlement on the west bank of the forks of the Scioto River

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Ohio Bobcats football
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The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference, the Bobcats have played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio since 1929. Ohio Bobcats football began in 1894 with an 8–0 loss to Marietta College, since then, the Bobcats have posted a 532–535–48 record over their 120-year existence and a 215–248–11 record over their 68 years in MAC games. The Bobcats have won five MAC championships, in 1953,1960,1963,1967, and 1968, prior to joining the MAC, the Bobcats won six Buckeye Athletic Association championships, in 1929,1930,1931,1935,1936, and 1938. In 1960, the Bobcats were crowned National Small College Champions after compiling a 10–0 record under Bill Hess, Ohio won their first bowl game on December 17,2011 with a 24–23 victory over the Utah State Aggies in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Ohio followed up that win with another in 2012 over Louisiana–Monroe in the 2012 Independence Bowl. In 2013, Ohio played in their fifth consecutive bowl game, in 1892, Ohio University became a member of a four-school conference—the Athletic League of Ohio Colleges—which included Otterbein College, Wittenberg University, and Marietta College. A schedule never materialized, however, and the league dissolved before even a game was played. In preparation, though, a team was formed on Ohios campus and he soon began coaching the team, according to the student newspaper, the Panorama. For the first time, the team was given space in the Athena yearbook in 1892. The entire team was listed by position and name, the first intercollegiate football game involving an Ohio University team was played in Athens in 1894 against Marietta College. It was the only contest played that year by Ohio, with Marietta winning by a score of 8–0, the next year the Bobcats faced a five-game schedule, under the leadership of coach Harvey Deme. The 1895 squad was 2-3, with wins against Parkersburg High School and Lancaster High School, from 1896 to 1905, the football program was in a state of flux, with a new coach taking over the reins every year. The best records of time period were forged in 1897 and 1901 under Warwick Ford and Art Jones. The Cats were 7–2 in their 1897 campaign, and posted a 6–1–2 record in 1901, the 1897 season, which produced the best record of any of the 19th Century campaigns, started with two straight losses—to Marietta College and Cincinnati. The team then reeled off seven straight victories over Muskingum College, Dennison College, Ohio Medical University, West Virginia University, Otterbein College. The 1906 squad exploded for a 7–1 record, with wins over respected programs such as West Virginia University, the program tailed off considerably in 1907, however, and would not post a.500 record until 1911 under coach Arthur Hinaman. The 1911 squad outscored all opponents 88–44, but only managed to post a 3–3–2 record, arguably the greatest Ohio team of the early era was Mark Banks 1915 squad

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Marietta College
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Marietta College is a co-educational liberal arts private college in Marietta, Ohio, USA, which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory. The school offers 45 majors along with a number of minors, the school encompasses approximately three city blocks next to downtown Marietta and enrolls 1,200 full-time students. It is known for its Petroleum Engineering, Athletic Training, McDonough Leadership, historically preceded by the communitys Muskingum Academy, established in 1797, todays College was chartered in 1835 and the first president was the Rev. Joel H. Linsley. In the years before the Civil War, its students absorbed the citys ethic of supporting abolitionism and they helped fugitive slaves take shelter at the college, which was used as a station on the Underground Railroad to help slaves reach freedom in northern states or Canada. Marietta College worked toward high academic achievement, in 1860, it became the sixteenth college awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the worlds oldest honorary society. During the Great War, before the United States entered the war, after the war, France commemorated their service with what is known as the French monument, which it gave to the city of Marietta. The monument has two parts, a replica of a historic 1749 plaque found buried at site, which noted the French claim to the Ohio Country. The names of the men who served with the corps are included. The athletic department sponsors 20 varsity sports, competing in NCAA Division III, in 2012, the college’s baseball team won an NCAA Division III record 6th College World Series Championship in school history. The college also sponsors intramural and recreation programs, which are housed in the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center, at the center of a Marietta College education are Seven Core Values that form the foundation for all the College does. It has three components, First Year Program In the students first year, he or she will enroll in the First Year Seminar and the College Life and Leadership Laboratory. Together, these courses are designed to help the student make the intellectual and social transition from high school, in addition, all students are required to complete Writing 110, an introductory writing course, and Communication 101, a public speaking course. General education General education provides opportunities to many fields in breadth. Majors Marietta has 45 majors and many more minors, the school offers two graduate programs in Psychology and Physician Assistant Studies. As well, the school offers programs, such as Investigative Studies, Leadership Studies, Study Abroad. Students choose their own majors, and work toward satisfying the requirements of their program. All majors have a capstone or culminating course, the college also has guidelines for the creation of student-developed majors. The honors program provides a course of study for accomplished students, the program has several requirements such as GPA and including specific Honors courses that meet General Education requirements

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1902 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1902 Western Conference football season. With a conference record of 5–0, Michigan won the Big Nine Conference championship, quarterback Boss Weeks was the teams captain and the leader of the Wolverines offense that twice scored more than 100 points against opponents and averaged 58.6 points per game. Right halfback Albert E. Herrnstein was the leading scorer with 135 points on 27 touchdowns. Fullback James E. Lawrence was the second-leading scorer with 113 points on 12 touchdowns and 53 extra point kicks, Willie Heston, Joe Maddock and Paul J. Jones added 15,12 and 11 touchdowns, respectively. Michigan opened the 1902 season with an 88–0 victory over Albion College, Michigan completed all but one drive with touchdowns. The Wolverines starters scored eight touchdowns and 45 points in the first 20-minute half, and the substitutes added seven touchdowns, on defense, Michigan allowed only a single first down by Albion. The game was played in halves of 20 minutes each, rinehart of Lafayette was the umpire, and Thomas of Michigan was the referee. Michigans starting lineup was Redden, Johnson, Baker, Gregory, Lawrence, Maddock, Cole, Weeks, Heston, Herrnstein, in its second game of the 1902, Michigan played the Case Scientific School of Cleveland. The October 4 game was the meeting between the schools. Although Michigan scored eight touchdowns and easily defeated Case by a score of 48 to 6, Michigan had not allowed any points to be scored in the first 12 games under Fielding Yost. The headline in the Detroit Free Press referred not to Michigans victory but instead read, the Michigan Alumnus wrote that the touchdown by Case caused consternation among coach, team, and students as it had been their fondest hope that the goal line should remain uncrossed another year. The game was played in halves of 20 minutes each, rinehart of Lafayette was the umpire, and Gaston of Cleveland was the referee. Michigans starting lineup was Redden, Lawrence, McGugin, Gregory, Carter, Maddock, Cole, Weeks, Kidston, Herrnstein, Michigan played a mid-week game against Michigan Agricultural College on Wednesday, October 8,1902, four days after the win against Case. Michigan attained its highest point total of the year, defeating the Aggies by a score of 119-0, the Wolverines scored 71 points in the first half of 20 minutes and 48 in the second half of 18 minutes. The Michigan Alumnus called it the greatest fusillade of touchdowns ever known to the football world, Michigan was held on downs only once in the game, and the Aggies made only three first downs. Right halfback Albert Herrnstein ran back a kickoff the length of the field, the game was played in two halves of 20 minutes and 18 minutes. Demonstrating the understatement of the Point-a-Minute name given to the team, the Wolverines scored 119 points in 38 minutes of play, an average of 3.1 points per minute. After the game, The Newark Advocate wrote, Michigan has undoubtedly the fastest scoring team in the world, and it requires a fast team to take the ball, line up and score 119 points, even if they have no opponents in two 20 minute halves

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Regents Field
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Ferry Field was the home field for the University of Michigan football team from 1893 to 1905. It was located along South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan authorized $3,000 in 1890 for the purchase of land to build a new football field. The following May, they added $4,500 more for the purpose of fitting up the athletic field, the facility was simply named the Athletic Field upon completion. The first home game at the Athletic Field was a 6–0 victory over the Detroit Athletic Club on October 7,1893, the following year in 1894, the Athletic Association change the name of the field to Regents Field, which it would be known as until 1902. In 1902, Detroit businessman Dexter M. Ferry donated the land north of Regents Field to the university. In June 1902, Regents Field was renamed Ferry Field, when it opened, Ferry Field had a single wooden bleacher section that seated 400 people. The bleachers burned down in 1895 and were replaced the year with a new covered grandstand seating 800. Because of the demand for tickets, additional open bleachers seating about 6,000 were built adjoining the covered grandstand, the Athletic Association also had one thousand circus seats and materials for sloping platforms which will permit 8,000 more people to view a football game. Bleachers were later constructed along the side of the field. The largest crowd ever at Ferry Field was for the second to last game at the old stadium, by one account,17,000 fans watched the Wolverines defeat Wisconsin in the 1905 homecoming game. In the 1890s a three dollar membership in the Athletic Association gained students admission to all athletic events, by 1904 a general admission ticket cost $3.00. Michigan compiled an record of 87–2–3 at Ferry Field from 1893 to 1905. Between 1901 and 1904, Fielding H. Yosts Point-a-Minute teams went 44–0 at Ferry Field, in 1904, the Wolverines beat the undefeated University of Chicago team at Ferry Field. Portions of the game and several shots of the field were filmed by the Edison Manufacturing Company in one of the earliest successful attempts to film a football game. Ferry Field Michigan Wolverines football Edison Film of 1904 Football Game at Regents Field, Part 1 Edison Film of 1904 Football Game at Regents Field, Part 2

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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Ann Arbor is a city in the U. S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census recorded its population to be 113,934, the citys population was estimated at 117,070 as of July 2015 by the U. S. Census Bureau. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Washtenaw County, the city is also part of the larger Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint, MI Combined Statistical Area with a population of 5,318,744. Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, named for wives of the villages founders, the University of Michigan moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor in 1837, and the city grew at a rapid rate in the early to mid-20th century. During the 1960s and 1970s, the city gained a reputation as a center for left-wing politics, Ann Arbor became a focal point for political activism and anti-Vietnam War movement, as well as various student movements. Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan, one of the foremost research universities in the United States, the university shapes Ann Arbors economy significantly as it employs about 30,000 workers, including about 12,000 in the medical center. The citys economy is centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the universitys research and development infrastructure. In about 1774, the Potawatomi founded two villages in the area of what is now Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor was founded in 1824 by land speculators John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey. On 25 May 1824, the plat was registered with Wayne County as Annarbour. Allen and Rumsey decided to name it for their wives, both named Ann, and for the stands of Bur Oak in the 640 acres of land purchased for $800 from the federal government at $1.25 per acre. The local Ojibwa named the settlement kaw-goosh-kaw-nick, after the sound of Allens sawmill, Ann Arbor became the seat of Washtenaw County in 1827, and was incorporated as a village in 1833. The Ann Arbor Land Company, a group of speculators, set aside 40 acres of undeveloped land and offered it to the state of Michigan as the site of the state capital, but lost the bid to Lansing. In 1837, the property was accepted instead as the site of the University of Michigan, since the universitys establishment in the city in 1837, the histories of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor have been closely linked. Throughout the 1840s and the 1850s settlers continued to come to Ann Arbor, while the earlier settlers were primarily of British ancestry, the newer settlers also consisted of Germans, Irish, and African-Americans. In 1851, Ann Arbor was chartered as a city, though the city showed a drop in population during the Depression of 1873. It was not until the early 1880s that Ann Arbor again saw robust growth, with new immigrants coming from Greece, Italy, Russia, Ann Arbor saw increased growth in manufacturing, particularly in milling. Ann Arbors Jewish community also grew after the turn of the 20th century, during the 1960s and 1970s, the city gained a reputation as an important center for liberal politics. Ann Arbor also became a locus for left-wing activism and anti-Vietnam War movement, during the ensuing 15 years, many countercultural and New Left enterprises sprang up and developed large constituencies within the city

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Kenyon College
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Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, United States, founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges, the acceptance rate for the Class of 2019 was 23. 8%, the most selective year to date. After becoming the first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio in 1818, Philander Chase found a lack of trained clergy on the Ohio frontier. He planned to create a seminary to rectify this problem, undeterred, he sailed to England and solicited donations from Lord Kenyon, Lord Gambier, and the writer and philanthropist Hannah More, and the College was incorporated in December,1824. Dissatisfied with the location of the College in Worthington, Chase purchased 8,000 acres of land in Knox County. There is a legend that Bishop Chase exclaimed, Well, this will do upon reaching the crest of the hill, Kenyon requires students to take classes in each of the four academic divisions, Fine Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. In addition, students must show a basic competence in a foreign language, the Gund Gallery, a 31,000 square feet visual arts center and exhibition space, was founded in 2011. It hosts lectures, public programming and temporary exhibitions that are free, Kenyon is also home to the Beta of Ohio Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Kenyons sports teams, which compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference, are referred to as the Lords and Ladies, and their colors are purple, white, and black with gold often added as an accent. The colleges mens swimming team is notable in NCAA Division III, for winning, the womens swimming team is also considered among the best, winning 23 titles of its own since 1984. Former Swim Coach Jim Steen has coached the most conference titles in any sport in NCAA history, in 2013, under Head Coach Jess Book, the mens team won the national title and the womens team took second. Field hockey, football and mens lacrosse are played at McBride Field which has a capacity of 1,762. In the 2017 U. S. News & World Report rankings, forbes magazine in 2016 ranked Kenyon 48th overall, and 7th in the Midwest, out of the 650 colleges and universities on its list of Americas Best Colleges. In 2006 Newsweek selected Kenyon College as one of twenty-five New Ivies on the basis of admissions statistics as well as interviews with administrators, students, faculty and it was also listed in Greenes list of Hidden Ivies in 2000. Kenyons campus also garners acclaim for its beauty, for example, for the class of 2019, Kenyon received 7,077 applications and accepted 1,689. The number enrolling for the class of 2018 was 452 making the yield rate 27. 2%, in terms of class rank, 62% of enrolled freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school classes. The mean ACT Composite score was 30.1, the middle 50% range was 28-32, as Ohios oldest private college, Kenyon has upheld some traditions for more than 180 years. All students in each entering class are expected to take the Matriculation Oath, another tradition is the First-Year Sing

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Illibuck Trophy
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The Illibuck is a carved wooden turtle that serves as the trophy awarded to the winner of the game. Two junior honorary societies, Bucket and Dipper of Ohio State, originally the trophy was a live turtle when the tradition began in 1925, picked for its expected long life as a symbol of the anticipated long life of the rivalry. From 1919 to 1933, the Illinois–Ohio State game was the finale for both teams. Since the original turtles death on April 14,1926, ten wooden replica Illibucks have been carved, the Illibuck is the second oldest trophy passed between Big Ten Conference football programs. The rivalry once included the smoking of a pipe between members of the two junior honorary societies, which occurred at halftime of the game. This practice has not been done for many years, however, the trophy is still presented to the winning school of the previous years contest between quarters. The series was interrupted during the 2003 and 2004 seasons when Ohio State. When the teams met in 2005, Illinois presented the trophy to Ohio State for winning the BCS National Championship in 2002, Ohio State leads the overall series 67–30–4 and the trophy series 63–23–2. In 2011, the Big Ten expanded to 12 teams and split into two divisions, Ohio State and Illinois were both placed in the Leaders Division, meaning they would play each other every year. But in 2014, the league expanded to accommodate the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, an annual matchup between the schools will no longer happen with this format, although the teams are guaranteed to meet at least once within a four-year span. Years of an Illinois victory are in blue, years of an Ohio State victory are in scarlet. Years of a tie or vacated victory by either team are in white, Ohio States 2010 victory in the series was vacated as a result of the Buckeyes use of ineligible players

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Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops
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The Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops is the name of the sports and other competitive teams at Ohio Wesleyan University. The mens and womens Bishops teams are NCAA Division III teams that compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference, the university sponsors 22 varsity sports, as well as several intramural and club teams. That year the team played three games with Ohio State University, losing all three, in 1902, the Ohio Wesleyan team joined Case Tech, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio State, and Western Reserve in forming the Ohio Athletic Conference. The first gym of the college, Edwards Gymnasium, was dedicated in February 1906, Ohio Wesleyans first varsity mens basketball team played its games in the facility the same year. The Ohio Wesleyan teams adopted their nickname in 1925. During the same year, Ohio Wesleyans official mascot became a bishop dressed in a red robe. Ohio Wesleyans colors, crimson red and black, date back to 1875, Ohio Wesleyans lacrosse team has a historic rivalry with Denison University. The football, lacrosse and field teams play in Selby Field. Other campus facilities include a Dornoch Golf Club the Ohio Wesleyan golf course, branch Rickey Arena houses volleyball and basketball. Baseball & softball teams play at Littick Field, Tennis teams play at the Tennis Center, and the soccer teams play at Roy Rike soccer stadium

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Delaware, Ohio
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Delaware is a city in and the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. Delaware was founded in 1808 and was incorporated in 1816 and it is located near the center of Ohio, is about 30 miles north of Columbus, and is part of the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area. The population was 34,753 at the 2010 census, while the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, while the city and county of Delaware are named for the Delaware tribe, the city of Delaware itself was founded on a Mingo village called Pluggys Town. The first recorded settler was Joseph Barber in 1807, shortly after other men started settling in the area - Moses Byxbe, William Little, Solomon Smith, and Elder Jacob Drake, Thomas Butler, and Ira Carpenter began building in the area. In 1808, Moses Byxbe built the first framed house on William Street, on March 11,1808, a plan of the city was filed, marking the official founding of the town. Byxbe and the planned the city to be originally on the east bank of the river. However, following the War of 1812, settlers arriving in Delaware in greater numbers. Among some of the earliest settlers were the parents of Rutherford B, Hayes, the 19th President of the United States. The Hayes home no longer stands, but a marker in front of a BP station marks the location. In the early days of the town, a spring was discovered northwest of Joseph Barbers cabin. By 1833, a hotel was built as a spa near the spring. With that effort, Ohio Wesleyan University was founded in 1844, railroads came to the area in April,1851 as Delaware served as a stop on the Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. Additional rail lines were added to serve Delaware providing access to major cities, at the turn of the century, Delaware could boast of its own electric street railway system. In the early 1930s, electric service was provided by the Columbus, Delaware. During the Civil War, Delaware was the home to two Union training camps, the first on the west side of the river for white recruits of the 96th and 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantry were mustered into service. Delaware is located at 40°17′56″N 83°4′19″W, the city is located about 24 miles north of Ohios capital city, Columbus, due north along U. S. Route 23. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 19.07 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 34,753 people,13,253 households, the population density was 1,833.9 inhabitants per square mile

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Ohio Stadium
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Ohio Stadium, also known as the Horseshoe, the Shoe, and the House that Harley built, is an American football stadium in Columbus, Ohio, United States, on the campus of The Ohio State University. Its primary purpose is the venue of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. From 1996 to 1998, Ohio Stadium was the venue for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer prior to the opening of Columbus Crew Stadium in 1999. The stadium also was the venue for the OSU track. Permanent field lights were added in 2014, the stadium opened in 1922 as a replacement for Ohio Field and had a seating capacity of 66,210. In 1923, a running track was added that was later upgraded to an all-weather track. Seating capacity gradually increased over the years and reached a total of 91,470 possible spectators in 1991. Beginning in 2000, the stadium was renovated and expanded in phases, removing the track and adding additional seating. In 2014, additional seating was added in the end zone and it is the largest stadium by capacity in the state of Ohio, the third largest football stadium in the United States, and the fourth largest non-racing stadium in the world. Ohio Stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on March 22,1974, as early as 1913, Ohio Field at High Street and Woodruff Avenue was unable to contain the crowds attracted to many Buckeye home football games. This led to faculty discussion of moving the site elsewhere and building a new facility, the growing popularity of football in Ohio led to the design of a horseshoe-shaped stadium, conceptualized and designed by architect Howard Dwight Smith in 1918. A public-subscription Stadium Campaign to fund the project began in October 1920 and raised over $1.1 million in pledges by January 1921, of which $975,001 were actually honored. The stadium was built in 1922 by E. H. Latham Company of Columbus, with materials and labor from the Marble Cliff Quarry Co. at a construction cost of $1.34 million, the stadiums original capacity was 66,210. Upon completion, it was the largest poured concrete structure in the world, many university officials feared that the stadium would never be filled to capacity. Smith employed numerous revolutionary architectural techniques while building the stadium, at the base is a slurry wall to keep out the waters from the Olentangy River, the stadium sets on the flood plain. Instead of employing numerous columns like those at Harvard Stadium, Smith designed double columns that allow for more space between columns. The first game in the stadium was against Ohio Wesleyan University on October 7,1922, and brought a crowd of around 25,000 and this concern was put to rest at the stadiums formal dedication against Michigan on October 21, which the Wolverines won, 19–0. The crowd was announced at the game to be 72,000 and this attendance mark was broken in a game against Michigan in 1926 when 90,411 came out to support the Buckeyes, this is also the last time standing-room-only tickets were sold for a game

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History of Ohio State Buckeyes football
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The history of Ohio State Buckeyes football covers 125 years through the 2014 season. The team has represented the Ohio State University in the Western Conference, its successor the Big Ten and its history parallels the development of college football as a major sport in the United States and demonstrates the status of the Buckeyes as one of its major programs. In the spring of 1890 the growing fever of the Walter Camp-style of football, George Cole, an undergraduate, is generally given credit for organizing the first intercollegiate team at Ohio State. The Buckeyes first game, played on Saturday, May 3,1890, at Delaware, Ohio, against Ohio Wesleyan University, was a victory, play resumed in November, with home games played at Recreation Park, but Ohio State lost all three. Throughout its first decade nearly all of Ohio States opponents were in-state teams, in 1892 Jack Ryder became Ohio States first paid coach, earning $15 a week during a ten-week season. After losing his first game, against Oberlin College and its new coach John Heisman, over the next eight years, under a number of coaches, the team played to a cumulative record of 31 wins,39 losses, and 2 ties. Home games were moved to a field on campus at Neil and 11th Avenues, then in 1898 to Ohio Field at High Street, play was brutal and dangerous but continued to grow in popularity. The first game against Michigan, in Ann Arbor, was a 34-–0 loss in 1897, in 1899 the university hired John Eckstorm away from Kenyon College. He brought professional coaching skills to the program and immediately won the Big Six for the first time by going undefeated and his second season was almost as successful, as the 8–1–1 record included a scoreless tie against Michigan. Although the schools athletic board backed away from a confrontation and let the team decide its future, in 1902 the team won its first four games by a combined score of 86-0, then traveled to Ann Arbor and lost to the Wolverines—86-0. From that humiliation Fred Cornell, a football player, wrote Carmen Ohio. In 1906, yet another coaching change saw the hiring of Albert A. Herrnstein, the coach of Purdue, herrnsteins four years were successful and also saw the first use of the forward pass by the Buckeyes. By the end of the 1912 season, Ohio States 23rd, the team had had eleven coaches, sixteen coaching changes, and stood 126–72–17, having never beaten Michigan. Among the oddities occurring during its years, the Buckeyes won a game by forfeit, lost one by forfeit. Football underwent a number of developments in 1912 that mark the year as a point in Buckeye history. In the game itself, touchdowns were re-valued to the six points they are now, on April 6, the Western Conference approved Ohio States application to join. The Bucks would play their first conference schedule in 1913 and be limited by its rules to just seven games a season, the price at the time was steep, Michigan had left the conference in 1906 and conference policy forbade playing the Wolverines. The new football coach, John Richards, was named the first Director of Athletics

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Brutus Buckeye
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Brutus Buckeye is the athletics mascot of The Ohio State University. Brutus is a student dressed in Buckeye colors with a headpiece resembling an Ohio Buckeye nut, Brutus made his debut in 1965, with periodic updates to design and wardrobe occurring in the years since. As a member of the squad, Brutus Buckeye travels to many events around the university. Ohio State students Ray Bourhis and Sally Huber decided Ohio State needed a mascot in 1965, at the time, mascots were generally animals brought into the stadium or arena. A buck deer was contemplated but rejected as impossible, instead, the buckeye was selected, as the buckeye is the official state tree of Ohio. A simple papier-mâché nut was constructed by students, worn over the head and torso and it made its appearance at the Minnesota vs. Ohio State homecoming football game on October 30,1965. The heavy papier-mâché nut did not last and it was replaced by a fiberglass shell. On November 21,1965, The Columbus Dispatch reported that judges picked Brutus Buckeye to be the new name after a campus-wide Name the Buckeye contest. The winning name was the idea of then Ohio State student Kerry J. Reed,21, block O agreed to care for Brutus in December. In the early 2000s, the Brutus costume was stolen before a game, the mascot was forced to wear the old costume. Brutus has a head and block O hat, scarlet and grey shirt emblazoned Brutus and 00, red pants with an Ohio State towel hanging over the front. Male and female students serve as Brutus Buckeye. Brutus Buckeye appears in ESPN This Is Sportscenter ads eating lunch, Brutus appears in Home Depot commercials advertising Glidden paint strapped to the back of a truck. Brutus appears in the NCAA Football series and NCAA March Madness series of games as a mascot and has his own mascot team. During the 2002–2003 NCAA football season, Brutus was 1 of 12 contestants competing to be the Capital One National Mascot of the Year, Brutus appeared in approximately 4 commercials depicting the faux competition between the 12 mascots. He appeared again for the 2010–11 NCAA football season, this time with fifteen other mascots, in 2006, Brutus appeared on The Daily Shows Midwest Midterm Midtacular as a guest correspondent and was interviewed by Jon Stewart. In the middle of the interview, Brutus is caught and eaten by a giant squirrel, Brutus was the subject of a comic series from the College of Pharmacy at the University entitled Adventures in Pharmacy. Episodes depicted Brutus as a patient stricken with common household illnesses including the influenza, gout, Adventures in Pharmacy was created as a community service by The Ohio State College of Pharmacy, the Department of Athletics, and the Columbus Public Schools

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Neutron Man
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The Neutron Man, real name Orlas King, was a popular Ohio State University college football fan for thirty years. Always seated by the band, King would burst into his original dances whenever the Ohio State University Marching Band would play the “Neutron Dance”. King grew up in Kettering, Ohio where his father was a tool, every year he and his father would travel to Columbus, Ohio, to Ohio Stadium to watch a Buckeyes home football game. Later, King went on to football on a scholarship at the University of Dayton. King, along with his wife Debbi, started dancing at Ohio State home football games in 1973, at that time he was known as the B Deck Dancer. He remained the B Deck Dancer until 1984 when the Ohio State Marching Band introduced its rendition of the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance”, the spectators established a connection between the song and King and began to chant, “Neutron Man, Neutron Man”. From that point forward, the Neutron Man would dance at every Ohio State home football game during the quarter break. King eventually began to wear his scarlet and gray beret and his very own Ohio State Buckeyes jersey with “Neutron Man” printed on the back, until his death in 2004, King promoted and contributed to the Ohio State Marching Band and Ohio State Cheerleading programs. He helped to raise money for groups and, being the owner of several restaurants, frequently catered lunches for the students after the marching band. Spawning from his popularity, a Neutron Man Beanie Baby was even created, a portion of the money generated from sales went to a cheerleading scholarship. The Neutron Man Memorial Fund was established by his widow, Debbi L. McComb, to benefit the Ohio State Marching Band, college Football The Neutron Man Memorial Fund The Ohio State University Marching Band Alumni article Sports Illustrated story The Neutron Man and Ohio State

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Ohio State University Marching Band
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The Ohio State University Marching Band performs at Ohio State football games and other events during the fall semester. It is one of the few collegiate all-brass and percussion bands in the country, perhaps the largest of its type in the world. Its nickname is The Best Damn Band in the Land. )Military training was an important part of the curriculum at Ohio State. Organized in 1878, the Marching Band was first organized as a fife, in 1881, a stolen mouthpiece incident, which prevented the Marching Band from performing, led the Military Department to end support. The band was a student-led organization until 1896, gustav Bruder, a professional musician with military band experience, was hired to lead the band. Under Bruder, the size grew. It began playing and marching for all military and athletic events, in 1926, it performed jointly with the Ohio State University Drum and Bugle Corps at West Point. The timing between the groups on the field was off because of errant counting, causing the groups to march through each others ranks. This spectacle was considered one of the most intense band formations done on the field at West Point, the band was so popular in 1929 that the entire 100 piece block band was composed of upperclassmen. This situation gave Director Eugene J and these bands met in the Winter and Spring, and together with the Activities Band formed in 1947, created the modern Athletic Band. During World War II, Ohio State was one of the few able to field a marching band for every home game. The band was able to field 100 to 120 musicians throughout the war, because the band was still under ROTC control, women were not allowed to perform. The band was open to members of the band, woodwind players, vocalists, high school students. The morale with which this highly volunteer band helped to cheer on Ohio State football was during a time when spirits on the front were at a low. By the early 1950s, the Department of Defense issued much more stringent rules about what courses and activities constitute eligible curriculum for the ROTC program, the Marching Band was no longer an eligible activity, and in 1952, the Marching Band officially ended ties with the ROTC department. Cadets in the band could continue to try out and participate in band, once the Marching Band separated from ROTC control, the band was more free to experiment with show themes and music genres, culminating in the bands 1965 performance of Hang On, Sloopy. After the extremely positive response for Sloopy, the decided to venture into more modern. Women were admitted into the band starting in 1973, after the passage of the 1972 Title IX legislation, today, approximately 20–25% of the bands members are women each year

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Snow Bowl (1950)
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The Snow Bowl is the nickname given to a college football game played on November 25,1950 between the teams of the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University. The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes, 9–3, earning the Big Ten Conference championship, the game was one of the most noted in the storied history of the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry. The Big Ten Conference football championship in the 1950 college football season was on the line, the Wolverines were playing also for a berth in the 1951 Rose Bowl game. Ohio State had gone the previous year, the Big Ten Conference had a rule regarding the Rose Bowl representative at that time. If Michigan had lost this game, the likely Rose Bowl representative would have been second place Wisconsin, if the game had not been played, which was a proposal put forth at game time, Ohio State would have been the Big Ten champion. The game was played at Ohio Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio under severe weather that altered the playing of the game dramatically. The conditions were deplorable with the temperature at 10 degrees, winds gusting to 28 miles per hour out of the northwest, Snow banks lined the field, yard lines were obliterated and at times so, too, were the goal posts. Neither Fesler nor Oosterbaan wanted to play the game and Crisler indicated that Michigan would forfeit, larkins would not accept the forfeit and the game proceeded as scheduled. The game was set to be played in front of 50,535 fans, others sat with boxes over their heads to shield from the cold, with holes cut in to peer out. As the game was set to begin, grounds crews struggled to get the tarp off of the field with four feet of snow on top of it. Local Boy Scouts and fans had to help with the tarps, Michigan won the game 9–3, despite never getting a first down, failing on all nine pass attempts and punting 24 times. The Buckeyes had just three first downs, passed for a total of 18 yards, rushed for 16 yards and punted 21 times, in the end Ohio State Halfback Vic Janowicz punted for 685 yards while Michigans Chuck Ortmann punted for 723 yards. The first score of the game came when Buckeye defensive guard Bob Momsen, blocked an Ortmann punt, the Buckeyes ran three straight running plays that went for minus-13 yards, putting the ball back to the 21. Janowicz was called upon to kick a 38-yard field goal into the wind with the goal posts barely in view. He made it to give the Buckeyes a 3-0 lead, the kick would later be called one of the, “Greatest Feats in American Sports, ” by a panel of sports writers. In the second quarter, Michigan tackle Al Wahl blocked a Janowicz punt deep in Ohio State territory, the blocked ball rolled out of the back of the end zone for a safety, giving Michigan their first score of the game and trimming the Buckeyes lead to 3-2. Momsen fell on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown, OSU coach Fesler could have run another play instead of punting on third down and let the clock expire on the half, but he feared a fumble that would be recovered as a touchdown by Michigan. Neither team would threaten to score again, and Michigan went on to win the game 9-3 and claim the conference title, the loss was Feslers fourth straight to Michigan and 18 days later he submitted his resignation

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2006 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game
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Called the Game of the Century, this was the first time in the historic rivalry that the teams entered the matchup ranked No.1 and No.2 in the nation. In an offensive shootout, Ohio State won 42–39, Michigan and Ohio State first faced each other in 1897, and have met annually since 1918. Ohio State entered the 2006 season ranked No,1, while Michigan was ranked No.14 in the AP preseason poll. With both teams winning all of their regular season prior to their matchup, Ohio State remained No.1 in all major polls. Both Michigan and Ohio State scored on their first offensive possessions, the Buckeyes took a 28–14 lead into halftime, with the Wolverines closing the gap in the third quarter, scoring on a Mike Hart touchdown run and a Garrett Rivas field goal. Ohio State would extend their lead following a Antonio Pittman touchdown run. A Troy Smith pass to Brian Robiskie would extend the Buckeyes lead to 42–31, a late touchdown and two-point conversion would not be enough for Michigan, as the Buckeyes would go on to win the game 42–39. Troy Smith became the seventh Ohio State player to win the Heisman Trophy, Michigan was defeated 32–18 by the USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl, while Ohio State was defeated 41–14 by the Florida Gators in the national championship game. Michigan and Ohio State first faced each other in 1897, and have met annually since 1918, coming into the game, Michigan held the all-time lead in the series 57–39–6, though Ohio State had won the previous two meetings. Called simply The Game by some, the rivalry is considered one of the greatest in sports, the rivalry was specifically intense during a period known as the Ten Year War from 1969 to 1978 when Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Bo Schembechler of Michigan coached opposing teams. This would be the first time since 1973 that both came into the rivalry game undefeated. At the beginning of the season, both teams were ranked in the top fifteen, following a victory over the then-second-ranked Texas on September 9, the Buckeyes top rank was cemented. Michigans victory over the then-second-ranked Notre Dame the following week on September 16, both teams would go on to win their remaining games and enter the rivalry with Michigan, ranked No.2 in the BCS standings, while Ohio State was ranked No.1. This would be the first time in the BCS-era that the teams would play each other in the regular season. No.2 rankings from the rivals and the hype that led up to the matchup. In the preseason polls, Michigan opened the 2006 season ranked No.14 in the AP Poll, the Wolverines opened the season against the Vanderbilt Commodores and defeated them 27–7. Following a 41–17 victory over Central Michigan, the No.11 Wolverines traveled to Notre Dame Stadium to play the No.2 Fighting Irish, Michigan opened their conference schedule defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 27–13, and the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Little Brown Jug game. Following the victory, Michigan moved up to No.4 in the AP Poll, the Wolverines then traveled to Beaver Stadium and defeated Penn State 17–10, moving up to No.2 in the AP Poll and No.3 in the Coaches

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Block O
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Block O is a student organization on the campus of The Ohio State University and also serves as the official student cheering section of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Founded in 1938, Block O has grown to become the largest student organization on the campus of The Ohio State University, Block O was founded in 1938 by OSU cheerleader Clancy Isaac. Prior to stadium renovations, Block O resided in the north endzone of Ohio Stadium, in 2008, Block O North returned, which now resides in section 1A/2A. Block O North features use of capes while Block O South performs card stunts and these sections of the stadium are for students only and annually sell out their 2,083 ticket allotment within minutes of ticket sales window opening. While seating is limited to number, membership in the organization exceeds 2,500 students. Block O leads Ohio Stadium in many cheers and songs including Stadium OHIO and the OH-IO cheer, since its inception, Block O has added several extensions to help meet student demand for other Ohio State sports. These groups include the Buckeye NutHouse, Buckeye Sluggers, Knucklebucks, Connors Crew, Block O Volleyball, Block O Gymnastics, Block O Tennis, Block O Lacrosse, and Block O Wrestling

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Hang On Sloopy
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Hang On Sloopy is a 1964 song by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns, originally titled My Girl Sloopy. It peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, according to Rick Derringer, the original version of Sloopy was written by a high school kid in St. Louis and sold to Bert Russell, a. k. a. If true, the answer to the age old question Just who is Sloopy, dorothy Sloop, a jazz singer from Steubenville and a student at Ohio University, is said to be the inspiration for the song. My Girl Sloopy was first recorded by L. A. -based The Vibrations in 1964, for Atlantic Records, reaching #10 on the R&B chart, Hang On Sloopy went to #1 in the United States in October 1965. In early 1965, The Strangeloves, a New York City rock band, wanted to make the song the follow-up to their hit single I Want Candy and began performing the song in concert. The answer presented itself when a rock group named Rick. The Strangeloves — who were, in reality, three successful writer/producers from Brooklyn, New York — recruited Rick and The Raiders to release the song under their name. Their 16-year-old leader, Rick Zehringer, was flown to New York to record his lead vocal over The Strangeloves already-recorded backing tracks, the single was released on Bang Records and entered the chart on August 14,1965, effectively beating the Dave Clark Five to the charts. The single went on to hit one on October 2. Originally written and recorded with three verses, the newly retitled Hang On Sloopy was edited down to two verses for the single and resulting Hang On Sloopy album, vol.3 and the 1995 Legacy Recordings compilation Hang On Sloopy, The Best of the McCoys. After finally convincing the director, Tatgenhorst arranged the song and the band played it in front of the stadium. After the crowd reaction, the band began to play it at every game, since then, Sloopy has been appearing on the bands CDs and is available as a free download on its website. A group of bar regulars led by Paul Svec took advantage of the rule that gave whoever placed a coin next to the juke box the right to play the next song. Paul organized hundreds of coins placed in a line on table tops all around the floor of the bar so that Hang On Sloopy was played all day long. The song quickly became the most popular song on the CharBar juke box, years later, in 1985, another Ohio State alumnus, Michael A Massa, first trademarked and registered the name Sloopy for commercial use as a bar in the Columbus area. The rights to the name where eventually transferred to an entity and then to the Ohio State University. At least one source includes a connection between the song and Charles J. Givens. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band also covered this song live in concert on May 2,2009 in Greensboro, Rick Derringer was still playing the song live with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in November,2011

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WBNS-TV
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WBNS-TV, channel 10, is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, USA. The station is an affiliate of the CBS Television Network and is owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group along with WBNS radio, WBNS-TVs studios, offices and transmitter are located on Twin Rivers Drive west of Downtown Columbus, near the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers. The Dispatch Broadcast Group broadcasting operations also include WTHR, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, WBNS-TV began operations on October 5,1949. WBNS radio had been a CBS Radio Network affiliate for almost 20 years and it is currently the ninth longest-tenured CBS affiliate. Channel 10 has used the branding of 10TV since 1977. The FCC has largely prohibited common ownership of co-located print and broadcast media since the middle-1970s, the Wolfe family, who purchased the Dispatch in 1905, sold the newspaper and related assets to New Media Investment Group in June 2015. WBNS-TV was known for its locally produced shows Flippo the Clown, Lucis Toyshop, Franz the Toymaker, the station also featured Fritz the Nite Owl, who hosted midnight movies during the 1970s and Sunday state government talk called Capital Square in the 1990s. Throughout much of the 1990s and early years of the millennium WBNS-TV was home to the 10TV Kids News Network, the half-hour show aired Saturday mornings. Several KNN kids have gone on to careers in television news or public relations in central Ohio. In 1995, WBNS-TV replaced Clevelands WJW-TV as the affiliate in the Mansfield area after WJW became a Fox broadcast outlet. The new Cleveland CBS affiliate, WOIO, unlike WBNS-TV, did not reach Mansfield with a Grade B signal, WBNS also replaced Toledo CBS affiliate WTOL on cable television in the Lima DMA. It is widely considered the first ever live game in HD in the US produced using a production truck and transmission vehicle from NHK. The station has strong ties to the department of Ohio State University. For many years, it has produced the shows for both the football and mens basketball teams, along with other shows about Ohio State athletics. Additionally, its radio sister has been the station of Ohio State football and basketball for decades. Working with sister company Radio Sound Network, WBNS-TV, WBNS and it was one of the first live sporting events in the US to be streamed. The game was delivered on RealVideo, a video format. WBNS-TV has been the home of the syndicated runs of Wheel of Fortune since 1983

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WBNS (AM)
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WBNS — branded 1460 ESPN Columbus — is a radio station that broadcasts from Columbus, Ohio. The station currently broadcasts a talk format and carries ESPN Radio programming. It is locally-owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, along with WBNS-FM, WBNS studios and offices are located west of Downtown Columbus, near the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers, its transmitter tower is located in East Columbus. The station was founded in 1922 as WCAH, the Columbus Dispatch bought the station in 1929 and changed the calls to WBNS. The call letters stand for Wolfe Banks, News and Shoes--the businesses controlled by the Wolfe family, WBNS is also the AM flagship of the Ohio State IMG Sports Network. WBNS is one of five remaining in the U. S. to broadcast from a Blaw-Knox tower. ESPN1460 Query the FCCs AM station database for WBNS Radio-Locator Information on WBNS Query Nielsen Audios AM station database for WBNS FCC History Cards for WBNS

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WBNS-FM
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WBNS-FM is a radio station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, airing a sports radio format. The station is owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, along with WBNS. WBNS-FMs studios, offices and transmitter are located west of Downtown Columbus, near the confluence of the Olentangy, WBNS-FM features a combination of local programming and ESPN Radio programming. WBNS-AM experimented with FM as early as 1940 with station W8XVH, which became W45CM and later WELD, the modern day station debuted as WBNS-FM in 1957, and in 1970 began airing a music format. In 1979, an Easy Listening music format was adopted, in November 1991 the station moved from Easy Listening, to Oldies, and the station became Oldies B-97.1. Almost ten years later, in July 2001, WBNS-FM moved to Modern AC as The New 97.1, eventually, the station evolved with a Hot AC format as 97. 1-More Music, More Variety. In August,2005, the station adopted the Hot AC-friendly Mix name and became Mix 97. 1-80s, 90s, Now. On January 26,2009, at 2 PM, the station began a simulcast of AM sister station WBNS, airing a sports format, the final song played on Mix 97.1 was Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park. 97.1 The Fan Query the FCCs FM station database for WBNS Radio-Locator information on WBNS Query Nielsen Audios FM station database for WBNS

WBNS-TV, channel 10, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Columbus, Ohio, United States. It serves as the …

Former WBNS-TV broadcast tower (left), next to the candelabra tower from which WBNS-TV and WBNS-FM now broadcast. WCMH-TV as well as the majority of Columbus FM radio stations also broadcast from the candelabra tower.